SBA meetings
Join an active community of veteran and novice beekeepers and listen to talks from a variety of experts.
Meetings are held at 7PM on the second Wednesday of every month and are open to the public.
Spring/Summer Location:
Steppingstone Farm Museum in Havre de Grace
461 Quaker Bottom Rd. Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Link to Farm Museum directions
Fall/Winter Location:
Harford County Community College
Upcoming meetings | Past meetings
June 13, 2018 7PM
David Papke: Maintaining Healthy Bees
5:30 PM Apiary hive check with MD State Inspector Cybil Preston
Also featuring $10 Special Nuc Raffle (Bees & Frames only)
If buying Apivar please arrive at 6:30 and be ready with check or cash
Location: Steppingstone Farm Museum. Directions
Upcoming Meetings
Past Meetings (with links to notes, when available)
| May 11, 2016 | Dave Papke | Learning From Experience—What 40 years of Beekeeping Has Taught Me (YouTube link) |
| June 8, 2016 | Club members | Q&A with a panel of beekeeping experts, plus a hive check at the Club Apiary, at Steppingstone Farm Museum |
| July 13, 2016 | Club members | Show and Tell: tools, devices, inventions, or widgets that will make your beekeeping easier and more productive! |
| September 14, 2016 | Lloyd Snyder | Fall management |
| October 12, 2016 | Vincent Aloyo, Ph.D. | Pheromones: Communication and control elements within a colony |
| November 9, 2016 | Joe Lewis | Sustainable Beekeeping through Nucleus Colonies |
| January 11, 2017 | Susan Myers | Landscaping for a New Wild |
| February 8, 2017 | Luke Goembel | Ingenious Beekeeping |
| March 9, 2017 | Dr. Dewey Caron | "Good News" (for beekeepers) |
| April 12, 2017 | Larry Truchon | Raising local queens, overwintering nucs, keeping his apiary self-sustainable, and the Honey Bee Health Coalition. |
| May 10, 2017 | Cybil Preston | State of Affairs and Inspection Program |
| June 14, 2017 | Stefano Briguglio | Small cell beekeeping |
| July 12, 2017 | Panel Discussion with SBA beekeepers Mandee, Brad and Jeff | |
| September 13, 2017 | Lloyd Snyder | Preparing hives for winter |
| October 11, 2017 | Larry Truchon | Something new, something blue, something to look forward to. |
| November 8, 2017 | Panel discussion with Todd Cichonowicz, Harry Dutcher, and Pat Endres | Getting your hives ready for winter |
| January 10, 2018 | Ray Walker | Broodminder hive monitoring system |
| February 14, 2018 | Jeff Maenner and Charlie Thomas | Getting hives ready for spring |
| March 14, 2018 | Samuel Ramsey | Unlocking the mysteries of the Varroa mite |
| April 11, 2018 | Beginner and advanced beekeeping discussion groups | |
| May 8, 2018 | Harry Dutcher | Varroa Management |